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Knefastia funiculata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma funiculata was named by Kiener (1940). It is extant.

It was recombined as Knefastia funiculata by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. glypta, K. pennyi, K. waltonia, Turricula andesita, Turricula angolensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Pleurotoma funiculata Kiener
2010Knefastia funiculata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusKnefastiaDall 1919
speciesfuniculata(Kiener 1940)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:21:32
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:32
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available